35 Books like Nerve

Good Anxiety

by Dr Wendy Suzuki • 2021

Anxiety protected your ancestors; it can sharpen you. A neuroscientist's guide to retraining it.

3.57

2k+

🧠 Anxiety Management 🧬 Stress Physiology 🎯 Performance Psychology

Good Anxiety 96%

Anxiety protected your ancestors; it can sharpen you. A neuroscientist's guide to retraining it.

by Dr Wendy Suzuki 2021

3.57

2k+ ratings

🧠 Anxiety Management 🧬 Stress Physiology 🎯 Performance Psychology

How Not to Diet

by Michael Greger • 2019

Most of what terrifies you is homemade, and anything you built, you can unbuild.

4.42

9k+

🦁 Overcoming Fear 🧠 Anxiety Management 🔓 Self-Limiting Beliefs

How Not to Diet 95%

Most of what terrifies you is homemade, and anything you built, you can unbuild.

by Michael Greger 2019

4.42

9k+ ratings

🦁 Overcoming Fear 🧠 Anxiety Management 🔓 Self-Limiting Beliefs

Fearvana

by Akshay Nanavati • 2017

Your brain has a hidden reward circuit for fear. Turning toward it triggers peak performance.

3.99

139

🐉 Embracing Fear 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🏔️ Peak Performance

Fearvana 95%

Your brain has a hidden reward circuit for fear. Turning toward it triggers peak performance.

by Akshay Nanavati 2017

3.99

139 ratings

🐉 Embracing Fear 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🏔️ Peak Performance

Perform Under Pressure

by Ceri Evans • 2020

Your brain has two settings under pressure: survive or perform. The choice is trainable.

4.05

249

🏔️ Peak Performance 🧘 Stress Management 🧠 Emotional Regulation

Perform Under Pressure 95%

Your brain has two settings under pressure: survive or perform. The choice is trainable.

by Ceri Evans 2020

4.05

249 ratings

🏔️ Peak Performance 🧘 Stress Management 🧠 Emotional Regulation

Hope and Help for Your Nerves

by Claire Weekes • 1969

Your symptoms aren't the problem. The fear of them is, and that fear can be unlearned.

4.24

3k+

😰 Anxiety Self-Help ⚡ Stress Management 🦁 Facing Fear

Hope and Help for Your Nerves 95%

Your symptoms aren't the problem. The fear of them is, and that fear can be unlearned.

by Claire Weekes 1969

4.24

3k+ ratings

😰 Anxiety Self-Help ⚡ Stress Management 🦁 Facing Fear

Fear Less

by Pippa Grange • 2020

That nagging feeling you're not enough is fear. Replace it with something stronger.

3.83

900

🧠 Sports Psychology 😨 Fear Management 🏆 Achievement Culture

Fear Less 95%

That nagging feeling you're not enough is fear. Replace it with something stronger.

by Pippa Grange 2020

3.83

900 ratings

🧠 Sports Psychology 😨 Fear Management 🏆 Achievement Culture

Anxiety Free

by Robert L. Leahy • 2009

Anxiety isn't a flaw; it's an outdated survival program. The clinical guide to updating it.

4.22

661

🧠 Anxiety Disorders 🧩 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

Anxiety Free 95%

Anxiety isn't a flaw; it's an outdated survival program. The clinical guide to updating it.

by Robert L. Leahy 2009

4.22

661 ratings

🧠 Anxiety Disorders 🧩 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

Taming Your Amygdala

by Catherine M. Pittman • 2022

Anxiety is not a thinking problem. It is a brain-circuit problem with a physical fix.

4.33

😰 Anxiety Management 🧠 Neuroscience Of Emotion 🌬️ Breathwork

Taming Your Amygdala 95%

Anxiety is not a thinking problem. It is a brain-circuit problem with a physical fix.

by Catherine M. Pittman 2022

4.33

93 ratings

😰 Anxiety Management 🧠 Neuroscience Of Emotion 🌬️ Breathwork

Hack Your Anxiety

by Alicia H. Clark • 2018

Your anxiety isn't broken: it's an alarm system you can learn to read, not silence.

3.63

164

🧠 Anxiety Management 🛡️ Stress Resilience 🔄 Cognitive Reframing

Hack Your Anxiety 95%

Your anxiety isn't broken: it's an alarm system you can learn to read, not silence.

by Alicia H. Clark 2018

3.63

164 ratings

🧠 Anxiety Management 🛡️ Stress Resilience 🔄 Cognitive Reframing

Overcoming Anticipatory Anxiety

by Sally M. Winston • 2022

Anxiety about the future is a habit, not a prophecy. The protocol is acceptance, not struggle.

3.99

657

🧠 Anxiety Disorders 🧩 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🏃 Avoidance Coping

Overcoming Anticipatory Anxiety 95%

Anxiety about the future is a habit, not a prophecy. The protocol is acceptance, not struggle.

by Sally M. Winston 2022

3.99

657 ratings

🧠 Anxiety Disorders 🧩 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🏃 Avoidance Coping

Don't Feed the Monkey Mind

by Jennifer Shannon • 2017

Your go-to anxiety fixes are its fuel. How to starve the loop for good.

4.07

2k+

😰 Anxiety Management 🧠 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🪜 Exposure Therapy

Don't Feed the Monkey Mind 95%

Your go-to anxiety fixes are its fuel. How to starve the loop for good.

by Jennifer Shannon 2017

4.07

2k+ ratings

😰 Anxiety Management 🧠 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 🪜 Exposure Therapy

Fearless Living

by Rhonda Britten • 1996

Every fear triggers a self-sabotage loop. The system for breaking it at its root.

4.19

332

😨 Fear Management 🧠 Cognitive Reframing 🤝 Support Networks

Fearless Living 95%

Every fear triggers a self-sabotage loop. The system for breaking it at its root.

by Rhonda Britten 1996

4.19

332 ratings

😨 Fear Management 🧠 Cognitive Reframing 🤝 Support Networks

Stressilient

by Sam Akbar • 2022

Your brain scans for ancient threats. A clinical psychologist's protocol for teaching it calm.

3.77

242

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🛋️ Clinical Psychology 🎯 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy

Stressilient 95%

Your brain scans for ancient threats. A clinical psychologist's protocol for teaching it calm.

by Sam Akbar 2022

3.77

242 ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🛋️ Clinical Psychology 🎯 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy

The Chimp Paradox

by Steve Peters • 2012

The three-part mental model that puts your rational brain back in charge when emotions take over.

3.99

24k+

🧠 Emotional Regulation 🏅 Sports Psychology ⚡ Impulse Control

The Chimp Paradox 95%

The three-part mental model that puts your rational brain back in charge when emotions take over.

by Steve Peters 2012

3.99

24k+ ratings

🧠 Emotional Regulation 🏅 Sports Psychology ⚡ Impulse Control

The Pressure Principle

by Dave Alred • 2018

Stop trying to calm down. An elite coach's method for channeling anxiety into peak performance.

3.90

467

🧠 Performance Psychology 🏅 Elite Coaching 😰 Anxiety Management

The Pressure Principle 95%

Stop trying to calm down. An elite coach's method for channeling anxiety into peak performance.

by Dave Alred 2018

3.90

467 ratings

🧠 Performance Psychology 🏅 Elite Coaching 😰 Anxiety Management

Fight Your Fear and Win

by Don Greene • 2002

Pressure makes you panic or it makes you great. Seven trainable skills tip the balance.

3.94

158

🧠 Performance Psychology 🏔️ Peak Performance 🏅 Sport Psychology

Fight Your Fear and Win 95%

Pressure makes you panic or it makes you great. Seven trainable skills tip the balance.

by Don Greene 2002

3.94

158 ratings

🧠 Performance Psychology 🏔️ Peak Performance 🏅 Sport Psychology

Calm Within the Storm

by Robyne Hanley-Dafoe • 2021

Turn stress into a strength. A roadmap for navigating adversity and reclaiming your story.

4.25

285

🧠 Resilience Training 🔄 Stress Reframing 🦁 Facing Fear

Calm Within the Storm 95%

Turn stress into a strength. A roadmap for navigating adversity and reclaiming your story.

by Robyne Hanley-Dafoe 2021

4.25

285 ratings

🧠 Resilience Training 🔄 Stress Reframing 🦁 Facing Fear

The Anxious Truth

by Drew Linsalata • 2020

Anxiety feeds on resistance. The plan that reverses it: surrender and do the opposite.

4.50

306

🧠 Anxiety Disorders 🏠 Agoraphobia 🪜 Exposure Therapy

The Anxious Truth 95%

Anxiety feeds on resistance. The plan that reverses it: surrender and do the opposite.

by Drew Linsalata 2020

4.50

306 ratings

🧠 Anxiety Disorders 🏠 Agoraphobia 🪜 Exposure Therapy

Performing Under Pressure

by Hendrie Weisinger • 2015

Pressure hijacks two memory systems, not one. Four trainable traits restore what the moment steals.

3.90

961

🧠 Performance Psychology ⚡ Pressure Management 😰 Choking Under Pressure

Performing Under Pressure 95%

Pressure hijacks two memory systems, not one. Four trainable traits restore what the moment steals.

by Hendrie Weisinger 2015

3.90

961 ratings

🧠 Performance Psychology ⚡ Pressure Management 😰 Choking Under Pressure

Anxiety

by Daniel Freeman • 2012

Anxiety once kept us alive. Why it now misfires, and the therapy that breaks the cycle.

3.57

470

😰 Anxiety Disorders 🛋️ Clinical Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Anxiety 95%

Anxiety once kept us alive. Why it now misfires, and the therapy that breaks the cycle.

by Daniel Freeman 2012

3.57

470 ratings

😰 Anxiety Disorders 🛋️ Clinical Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

The Worry Trap

by Chad Lejeune • 2007

Stop wrestling with your worries. The acceptance-based method for stepping out of the trap.

3.97

233

🎭 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 😟 Anxiety Management 💭 Worry And Rumination

The Worry Trap 95%

Stop wrestling with your worries. The acceptance-based method for stepping out of the trap.

by Chad Lejeune 2007

3.97

233 ratings

🎭 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 😟 Anxiety Management 💭 Worry And Rumination

Stopping the Noise in Your Head

by R. Reid Wilson • 2016

Anxiety wins when you seek comfort. Beat it by demanding more discomfort, not less.

4.02

496

🧠 Anxiety Management 📋 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 💬 Self-Talk

Stopping the Noise in Your Head 95%

Anxiety wins when you seek comfort. Beat it by demanding more discomfort, not less.

by R. Reid Wilson 2016

4.02

496 ratings

🧠 Anxiety Management 📋 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 💬 Self-Talk

Inner Excellence

by Jim Murphy • 2020

Most performance anxiety is just self-centeredness wearing a mask. The cure is not more confidence.

4.22

5k+

🧠 Sports Psychology ⚔️ Self-Mastery 😰 Managing Fear

Inner Excellence 95%

Most performance anxiety is just self-centeredness wearing a mask. The cure is not more confidence.

by Jim Murphy 2020

4.22

5k+ ratings

🧠 Sports Psychology ⚔️ Self-Mastery 😰 Managing Fear

Future Tense

by Tracy Dennis-Tiwary • 2022

Anxiety isn't the problem. It's an ancient tool for facing the unknown. Suppressing it is.

3.70

672

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🪞 Reframing Anxiety 🧭 Uncertainty Navigation

Future Tense 94%

Anxiety isn't the problem. It's an ancient tool for facing the unknown. Suppressing it is.

by Tracy Dennis-Tiwary 2022

3.70

672 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🪞 Reframing Anxiety 🧭 Uncertainty Navigation

Walking on Custard & the Meaning of Life

by Neil Hughes • 2015

Exhausted from sprinting to stay in place? For anxiety, the exit is the opposite of effort.

4.21

107

😰 Anxiety Management 🧠 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 💜 Self-Compassion

Walking on Custard & the Meaning of Life Summary

Walking on Custard & the Meaning of Life 94%

Exhausted from sprinting to stay in place? For anxiety, the exit is the opposite of effort.

by Neil Hughes 2015

4.21

107 ratings

😰 Anxiety Management 🧠 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy 💜 Self-Compassion

The Fearless Mind

by Craig L. Manning • 2010

Stop chasing outcomes: a tennis pro's system for retraining motivation and winning the mental game.

4.11

789

🧠 Sports Psychology 💪 Mental Toughness 🎯 Deliberate Practice

The Fearless Mind 94%

Stop chasing outcomes: a tennis pro's system for retraining motivation and winning the mental game.

by Craig L. Manning 2010

4.11

789 ratings

🧠 Sports Psychology 💪 Mental Toughness 🎯 Deliberate Practice

The Fear of Failure

by Wilda Hale • 2021

Why fear of failure stops you cold, and the simple reframing that turns it into fuel.

4.10

532

🧗 Overcoming Fear ⏳ Procrastination 🔍 Perfectionism

The Fear of Failure 94%

Why fear of failure stops you cold, and the simple reframing that turns it into fuel.

by Wilda Hale 2021

4.10

532 ratings

🧗 Overcoming Fear ⏳ Procrastination 🔍 Perfectionism

50 Ways to Rewire Your Anxious Brain

by Catherine M. Pittman • 2023

Your brain's alarm ignores reason. Fifty physical techniques to calm it at the source.

3.86

554

🧠 Anxiety Management 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🌬️ Breathing Techniques

50 Ways to Rewire Your Anxious Brain Summary

50 Ways to Rewire Your Anxious Brain 94%

Your brain's alarm ignores reason. Fifty physical techniques to calm it at the source.

by Catherine M. Pittman 2023

3.86

554 ratings

🧠 Anxiety Management 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🌬️ Breathing Techniques

Rewire Your OCD Brain

by Catherine M. Pittman • 2021

Your brain's threat detector is stuck on alert. Retrain it so obsessive thoughts lose power.

4.17

461

🔁 Ocd Recovery 🧠 Amygdala And Anxiety 🚪 Exposure Therapy

Rewire Your OCD Brain 94%

Your brain's threat detector is stuck on alert. Retrain it so obsessive thoughts lose power.

by Catherine M. Pittman 2021

4.17

461 ratings

🔁 Ocd Recovery 🧠 Amygdala And Anxiety 🚪 Exposure Therapy

On Combat

by Dave Grossman • 2004

Why some freeze and others act in combat, and the mental skills that decide.

4.29

5k+

🧠 Combat Psychology 🛡️ Stress Inoculation 🎯 Mental Rehearsal

On Combat 94%

Why some freeze and others act in combat, and the mental skills that decide.

by Dave Grossman 2004

4.29

5k+ ratings

🧠 Combat Psychology 🛡️ Stress Inoculation 🎯 Mental Rehearsal

The Anxiety Cure

by Klaus Bernhardt • 2017

Anxiety is learned, not permanent. A brain-rewiring method that halts panic attacks in seconds.

3.75

1k+

🌿 Anxiety Relief 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🧘 Mind-Body Connection

The Anxiety Cure 94%

Anxiety is learned, not permanent. A brain-rewiring method that halts panic attacks in seconds.

by Klaus Bernhardt 2017

3.75

1k+ ratings

🌿 Anxiety Relief 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🧘 Mind-Body Connection

The Inner Game of Stress

by W. Timothy Gallwey • 2009

Your inner critic is the real stressor. Tools to hit pause, reframe, and regain control.

4.14

358

😰 Stress Management 🧠 Performance Psychology 🗣️ Inner Critic Work

The Inner Game of Stress 94%

Your inner critic is the real stressor. Tools to hit pause, reframe, and regain control.

by W. Timothy Gallwey 2009

4.14

358 ratings

😰 Stress Management 🧠 Performance Psychology 🗣️ Inner Critic Work

The Dance of Fear

by Harriet Lerner • 2004

Anxiety is a messenger, not a malfunction. Decode its signals and act before avoidance takes over.

3.99

2k+

😰 Anxiety Management 😔 Overcoming Shame 🦁 Facing Fear

The Dance of Fear 94%

Anxiety is a messenger, not a malfunction. Decode its signals and act before avoidance takes over.

by Harriet Lerner 2004

3.99

2k+ ratings

😰 Anxiety Management 😔 Overcoming Shame 🦁 Facing Fear

Rewire Your Anxious Brain

by Catherine M. Pittman • 2015

Anxiety runs on two brain circuits. Treat both to retrain the fear response.

4.11

5k+

😰 Anxiety Treatment 🎯 Exposure Therapy 💭 Cognitive Restructuring

Rewire Your Anxious Brain 94%

Anxiety runs on two brain circuits. Treat both to retrain the fear response.

by Catherine M. Pittman 2015

4.11

5k+ ratings

😰 Anxiety Treatment 🎯 Exposure Therapy 💭 Cognitive Restructuring

Resilience

by Steven M. Southwick • 2012

What survivors of extreme trauma reveal about the resilience skills anyone can build.

3.87

435

🔬 Resilience Science 🌅 Post-Traumatic Growth 🌱 Positive Psychology

Resilience 94%

What survivors of extreme trauma reveal about the resilience skills anyone can build.

by Steven M. Southwick 2012

3.87

435 ratings

🔬 Resilience Science 🌅 Post-Traumatic Growth 🌱 Positive Psychology

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